| brim | 1. The rim, border, or upper sdge of a cup, dish, or any hollow vessel used for holding anything. "Saw I that insect on this goblet's brim I would remove it with an anxious pity." (Coleridge) 2. The edge or margin, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it; the brink; border. "The feet of the priest that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water." (Josh. Iii. 15) 3. The rim of a hat. Origin: OE. Brim, brimme, AS. Brymme edge, border; akin to Icel. Barmr, Sw. Bram, Dan. Braemme, G. Brame, brame. Possibly the same word as AS. Brim surge, sea, and properly meaning, the line of surf at the border of the sea, and akin to L. Fremere to roar, murmur. Cf. Breeze a fly. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Brimacombe fragment | A ribonucleoprotein fragment obtained by mild ribonuclease treatment of ribosomes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brimstone | Synonym: sulfur. Origin: A.S. Brinnan, to burn (05 Mar 2000) |
| brimstony | Containing or resembling brimstone; sulphurous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pelvic brim | The upper opening of the true pelvis, bounded anteriorly by the pubic symphysis and the pubic crest on either side, laterally by the iliopectineal lines, and posteriorly by the promontory of the sacrum. Synonym: apertura pelvis superior, aditus pelvis, first parallel pelvic plane, pelvic brim, pelvic inlet, pelvic plane of inlet, plane of inlet. (05 Mar 2000) |
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